IP Library Granted Patent US 12704063
Granted Patent B2
US 12704063 · App. 18/525,063 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Computing A

Inventors: Amit Padhi (Houston, TX); Qingtao Sun (Houston, TX); Chung Chang (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
E21B47/16E21B47/005G01V1/50G01V2210/1429
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Patent No.
US 12704063
App. No.
18/525,063
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system acoustic logging operations. The method may comprise selecting a transmitter to a casing offset for logging operations, wherein the transmitter is disposed on a logging tool, insonifying at least a part of a casing with the transmitter at an angle of incidence and collecting one or more waveforms with an array of receivers disposed on the logging tool. The method may further comprise identifying one or more wave mode travel times from the one or more waveforms, selecting one or more wavelets from the one or more waveforms, and identifying an attenuation of a lamb wave mode based at least in part on the one or more wave mode travel times and the one or more wavelets.

Claims (36)

1 . A method comprising:

selecting a transmitter to a casing offset for logging operations based at least in part on a logging fluid within the casing, wherein the transmitter is a collimated transducer that is disposed on a logging tool;

insonifying at least a part of a casing with the transmitter at an angle of incidence;

collecting one or more waveforms with an array of receivers disposed on the logging tool;

identifying one or more wave mode travel times from the one or more waveforms;

selecting one or more wavelets from the one or more waveforms;

identifying an attenuation of a lamb wave mode based at least in part on the one or more wave mode travel times and the one or more wavelets;

wherein the angle of incidence is selected based on the insonifying frequency; and

wherein the insonifying frequency is chosen from a dispersion curve for the lamb wave mode.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the casing offset is selected based at least in part on an attenuation of the logging fluid within a casing.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the frequency is chosen from a dispersion curve for the lamb wave mode.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the attenuation of the lamb wave mode is at least partially identified from a gradient of a best fit line.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the best fit line is found using at least squares.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the waveform is generated from a drive pulse.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the drive pulse is chosen based at least in part on producing an identified wave mode.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the identified wave mode is a flexural mode.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the array of receivers is at least three receivers.

10 . A system comprising:

a logging tool comprising:

a transmitter for insonifying at least a part of a casing at an angle of incidence, wherein the transmitter is a collimated transducer; and

an array of receivers for collecting one or more waveforms; and

an information handling system configured to:

determine a transmitter to a casing offset based on sensor data, input data, or both;

identify one or more wave mode travel times from the one or more waveforms;

select one or more wavelets from the one or more waveforms;

identify an attenuation of a lamb wave mode based at least in part on the one or more wave mode travel times and the one or more wavelets;

wherein the angle of incidence is selected based on the insonifying frequency; and

wherein the insonifying frequency is chosen from a dispersion curve for the lamb wave made.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the setinput data comprises a user selection is chosen based at least in part on a logging fluid within a casing.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the frequency is chosen from a dispersion curve for the lamb wave mode.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the attenuation of the lamb wave mode is at least partially identified from a gradient of a best fit line.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the best fit line is found using at least squares.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the waveform is generated from a drive pulse.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the drive pulse is chosen based at least in part on producing an identified wave mode.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the identified wave mode is a flexural mode.

18 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the array of receivers is at least three receivers.